Fabric Properties And Its Influencing Factors
Nov 04, 2019
Fabrics are dual in nature, usefulness and decorative.
The usefulness of the fabric includes both applicability and fastness. Usefulness refers to the requirement that a fabric must be suitable for a particular use. For example, in general, the fabric for clothing should have the properties of warmth, breathability and wearing comfort, while the underwear fabric should have softness and hygroscopicity, and it is not irritating to the human body. The fabric for summer clothing should be easy to dissipate heat and disperse. The fabric for the bed should be soft and hygroscopic. Any fabric should have a certain degree of fastness, including stretch, wear and tear, tearing and so on. These requirements vary depending on the application of the fabric. For example, fabrics for outerwear are stretched, worn, torn, etc.
Both should have higher requirements, while underwear fabrics are not too demanding. The requirements for fastness vary with the progress of society and the objects of wearing.
The decorativeness of the fabric is reflected in both the appearance and the feel, that is, the visual and tactile characteristics of the fabric. These two aspects contain a wealth of content. In terms of appearance, the surface of the fabric is flat or creased, full or thin, the surface of the fabric is soft or glaring, the pattern of the fabric is beautiful, and the color is gorgeous or elegant. If it is specific, it can be seen, for example, whether the poplin granules are full and clear, whether the texture of the twill fabric is uniform, and whether the pile surface of the suede fabric is tight and flat. The feel of the fabric is also rich in content, for example, whether the hand feels smooth or rough, stiff or soft, smooth or slippery, rich or thin.
The appearance and feel of the integrated fabric form the style characteristics of the fabric, that is to say, the style characteristics of the fabric fully reflect the decorativeness of the fabric. All fabrics have their own style characteristics. For example, silk style, cotton hair style, etc.
Not only the large-scale fabrics have a certain style characteristics, but each specific variety also has its own style characteristics. For example, flat cloth, poplin, etc.
As can be seen from the above, the properties of the fabric include both usefulness and decorativeness, that is, the use properties and style characteristics of the fabric. In studying the structure of fabrics, especially in fabric design and process calculations, the dual properties of the fabric must be taken into account. The dual nature of fabrics is determined and influenced by many factors. These factors are: the nature of the fiber raw material, the structure and linear density of the spun yarn, the texture of the fabric and the warp and weft density, the interlaced geometry of the warp and weft in the fabric, the process parameters of the weaving and finishing, the color and pattern of the fabric, and the fabric. Printing and finishing, etc.
